Hello all, I have a question about the CGI upload() function. Why does it return a valid file handle to a file that does not exist on the client (web browser) machine, and what's the best way to handle this?
Details: -------- 1. A user enters a nonexistent file name in an upload field in a form handled by my cgi script. (E.g. on windows c:\uplaodthis.txt <-- note typo). 2. My cgi script does something like this: my $q = new CGI; if(defined($q->param('Upload'))){ my $upload_file_handle = $q->upload('upload_file'); if(defined($upload_file_handle)){ print "Valid file handle to empty file is:\n" . Dumper($upload_file); } } 3. It outputs: "Valid file handle ... $VAR1 = bless( \*{FH::uplaodthis.txt ...}, 'Fh' );" What to do? ----------- Currently, I write out all valid file handles (checked for basic security problems as described in perlsec). If the file is zero length, I delete it and report an error. Which just isn't very satisfying. What am I missing? Is there a better way? All advice and documentation pointers (beyond 'CGI' :-) appreciated. Thanks, joby __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>